Cat Repellent

Silvertabby

Try used tea bags soaked with olbas oil on bare soil - cats hate the smell and the teabags blend in with the earth.

Have a plant sprayer filled with water ready to go - a few good squirts should divert their interests elsewhere (only works if you are at home, of course!)

Slinky

For future reference if anybody else is reading this and wanting to lay shingle, we found that when we had pea shingle put down the cats made a beeline for it. We had it covered with some half inch grade shingle and that sorted the problem, they don't like digging in the bigger stones.

goodwithsaving

Slinky wrote: »

For future reference if anybody else is reading this and wanting to lay shingle, we found that when we had pea shingle put down the cats made a beeline for it. We had it covered with some half inch grade shingle and that sorted the problem, they don't like digging in the bigger stones.

Mines big shingle. They don't dig, they just go on top and leave it!

kerri_gt

southcoastrgi wrote: »

That is poisonous to cats :mad:

As is anti freeze and many other things, although granted she doesn't put that on her garden.

goodwithsaving wrote: »

Mines big shingle. They don't dig, they just go on top and leave it!

Oh I get a nice combo of both....the number of suspicious looking piles I have toe poked doesn't bear thinking about

adandem

Are you certain that it's cats? They are usually very clean animals and rarely leave their poo uncovered.

Silvertabby

goodwithsaving wrote: »

Mines big shingle. They don't dig, they just go on top and leave it!

Are you sure the culprits are cats? They usually like something more diggable, so they can bury their doings.

gardner1

adandem wrote: »

Are you certain that it's cats? They are usually very clean animals and rarely leave their poo uncovered.

Well they certainly leave it in my garden......although i have had some success with a pump action supersoaker gun filled with water & white vinegar on a particular tabby cat twice:D

goodwithsaving

Silvertabby wrote: »

Are you sure the culprits are cats? They usually like something more diggable, so they can bury their doings.

Yep, I have seen them do it right in front of me and they don't scare easily either!

Slinky

goodwithsaving wrote: »

Mines big shingle. They don't dig, they just go on top and leave it!

We obviously have a better class of cat in our area.....:rotfl::rotfl:

Silvertabby

I can't think what it's called, it but it looks like little blobs of nuclear green jelly and garden centres sell it. A good sniff certainly clears the sinuses - and cats (and dogs) hate the smell.